单词 | pulsejet engine |
释义 | pulsejet engine in British English (ˈpʌlsəʊˌdʒɛt ˈɛndʒɪn) noun another name for pulsejet pulsejet in British English (ˈpʌlsˌdʒɛt) noun a type of ramjet engine in which air is admitted through movable vanes that are closed by the pressure resulting from each intermittent explosion of the fuel in the combustion chamber, thus causing a pulsating thrust Also called: pulsejet engine, pulsojet (ˈpʌlsəʊˌdʒɛt) pulsejet engine in American English (ˈpʌlsˌdʒet) noun Aeronautics a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsatingthrust: used to power the V-1, a German flying bomb, in World War II Also: pulse-jet engine. Also called: pulsejet, pulse-jet, aeropulse Word origin [1945–50; pulse1 + jet1]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: individual medley, on-line, spin-off, synchronized swimming, taxi squad |
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